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Downes 🍁
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Philosopher. Educator. Journalist. Programmer. Photographer. Cyclist. Socialist.
Today's music: KT Tunstall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VAckKCRync
KT Tunstall - Full Set - Live from the 2016 Pleasantville Music Festival
I'm having one of those days having discovered that the travel agent is in the process of booking my flight to Ecuador for a conference from Toronto instead of Montreal (for reference: Toronto is an 8 hour drive away, Montreal an hour and a half).
They came back and offered me a $50 registration, so I'm putting my workshop back into the conference.
(I thought about just deleting my previous post, but for the sake of openness I'll just leave it).
May 30, 2026. I went for a nice long ride today, along the Crysler trail (pictured), down to Finch, and then back up along the gravel roads to St.Albert. It was a beautiful day and a great ride. #SDDaily
With conference program yet published for #OTESSA2026 and zero discount for online participation, I've decided to withdraw my workshop. I will hold it myself on June 15, even though a total of two people have expressed interest (I will record video for the third person who said they can't make it).
It's all disappointing, but the CList PLE project means a lot to me, if only as a work of art for art's sake, and a demonstration of what we could have, if we actually wanted it.
May 29, 2026. Football under the cranes. It was a cold evening but we got to enjoy our RedBlacks in a romp over Montreal. I know it's only the preseason, but there's room for hope, right? The cranes, by the way, are building an undersized arena; then our football stands will be replaced with something smaller, uglier, and without a roof. #SDDaily
May 28, 2026. Blue sky and pines. Another new typical sort of day - writing OLDaily, coding CList, going for a bike ride. #SDDaily
CList currently supports:
- read from feeds, Mastodon, Bluesky, search
- decentralized DID (& following by DID)
- fully decentralized chat, annotations, collections, collaborative authoring
- multiple editor types
- publish to Blogger, WordPress, social networks
- save locally
& much more
It is the decentralized interactive learning workspace we've always wanted & it exists now
I want to demo it June 15 at noon Eastern. Would you attend? (Important, as I want to present to more than 3 people)